ravenous

英 [ˈrævənəs]

美 [ˈrævənəs]

adj.  极其饥饿的; 严重的; 十分的

TOEFLGRE

BNC.22776 / COCA.19381

牛津词典

adj.

• 极其饥饿的
  extremely hungry
  1. What's for lunch? I'm absolutely ravenous.
     午饭吃什么？我饿死了。
• 严重的；十分的
  very great
  1. a ravenous appetite
     极强的食欲

柯林斯词典

• ADJ 非常饥饿的;饥肠辘辘的
  If you areravenous, you are extremely hungry.
  1. Amy realized that she had eaten nothing since leaving Bruton Street, and she was ravenous.
     埃米意识到自己从离开布鲁顿大街之后什么东西都没吃，她饿极了。
  2. ...a pack of ravenous animals.
     一群饿极了的动物

英英释义

adj

• devouring or craving food in great quantities
  1. edacious vultures
  2. a rapacious appetite
  3. ravenous as wolves
  4. voracious sharks
  Synonym:edaciousesurientrapaciousraveningvoraciouswolfish
• extremely hungry
  1. they were tired and famished for food and sleep
  2. a ravenous boy
  3. the family was starved and ragged
  4. fell into the esurient embrance of a predatory enemy
  Synonym:famishedsharp-setstarvedesurient

双语例句

• Of course, when I was devouring all these delicacies, my civilised wife never showed up, reluctant to see the pig's ear and feet and admire her husband's ravenous look.
  她不愿意看见猪耳朵和猪蹄子，更不愿意观赏到大丈夫那狼吞虎咽样子。
• Amy realized that she had eaten nothing since leaving Bruton Street, and she was ravenous.
  埃米意识到自己从离开布鲁顿大街之后什么东西都没吃，她饿极了。
• Lack of shuteye on a regular basis makes you ravenous for another reason. After poor sleep, you're more likely to have serious fatigue and brain fog.
  经常缺乏睡眠是使你感到饿，这种现象还有一个原因：睡眠缺乏后，你更有可能产生严重的大脑疲劳和脑雾。
• Mongolia is wedged between Russia and China, the latter a ravenous market.
  蒙古夹在俄罗斯和中国之间，而中国是一个资源饥渴的市场。
• Literally speaking, for the ravenous person, survival is king.
  从字面上来说，对于极饿的人，生存才是王道。
• They'll be ravenous after dancing!
  那些人跳过舞后一定会饿的狼吞虎咽！
• China's1.4 billion people are rapidly urbanising and ravenous for all the goods they couldn't have a generation ago.
  中国的14亿人口正在经历快速的城市化进程，面对那些琳琅满目的前所未有的商品，他们进行着“饥饿性”消费。
• They came back to camp wonderfully refreshed, glad-hearted, and ravenous; and they soon had the campfire blazing up again.
  他们玩得兴致淋漓地回到他们露营的地方，心里非常欢喜，肚子也饿得很想吃东西了，不久他们就把营火又弄得旺盛起来。
• In the meantime, Chinese lenders will continue to turn to the government and to capital markets to satisfy their ravenous appetite for fresh capital.
  与此同时，中资银行将继续求助于政府和资本市场，来满足其对新鲜资本的贪婪需求。
• Ravenous, they ate and drank, and for a while there was silence but for the crackle of the fire, the clink of goblets, and the sound of chewing.
  三个人狼吞虎咽地又吃又喝，房间里一时安静下来，只有炉火的噼啪声，高脚酒杯的碰撞声，以及咀嚼食物的声音。